Can't Take My Eyes off of You

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You was recorded and released as a single by Frankie Valli. The song was amongst his biggest hits, earning a gold record.

Robert Stanley Crewe (November 1930 – September 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He was known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for the Four Seasons. As a songwriter, his most successful songs include Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man and Bye, Bye, Baby (all co-written with Gaudio). He also had hit recordings with Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Barry Manilow, and his own Bob Crewe Generation. Born in Newark in 1930, Crewe demonstrated an early and apparent gift for both art and music. Although lacking in formal musical training, he gravitated to learning from many of the great 19th- and 20th-century classical romantic composers as well as giants of jazz and swing, including Stan Kenton,Harry James, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey.

Robert John Gaudio (born November, 1942) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced the vast majority of the band's music, including hits like Sherry and December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night). Though he no longer performs with the group, Gaudio and lead singer Frankie Valli remain co-owners of the Four Seasons brand. Born in the Bronx, New York, He rose to musical fame at the age of 15 as a member of The Royal Teens. In 1958, while he and the group were promoting the single, they met Frankie Valli and his group the Four Lovers as they prepared to perform on a local television program. Wearying of touring, Gaudio left the Royal Teens soon afterward, and the group subsequently dissolved. One year after he ceased touring, Gaudio joined the Four Lovers. While commercial success was elusive, the group was kept busy with session work (with Bob Crewe as the producer), and a string of performances at night clubs and lounges. In 1960 Gaudio finally shook hands with lead singer Valli and formed the Four Seasons. As well as Sherry and December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) Gaudio wrote a string of subsequent hits for the Seasons, including Rag Doll, Save It for Me, Bye Bye Baby and Can't Take My Eyes Off of You.

Crewe/Gaudio compositions and productions also became major hits for other artists, including the Tremeloes, The Osmonds, Diana Ross, Nancy Sinatra, and Peabo Bryson and the song You Don't Bring Me Flowers for Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond.

Denis Burton spent an impressive 50 years or so on Regular and Reserve service in the British Army. He enlisted in 1972 as a junior musician before establishing himself as the principal trombone of the Staff Band of the Royal Army Ordinance Corps. His musical potential was quakily realised, and he was selected for the Bandmaster Course, graduating as the top student and winning six prizes – including the Worshipful Company of Musicians Medal for Best Overall Bandmaster. He held appointments in the Light Infantry and in the Training Development Team at the Royal Military School of Music. He was commissioned and promoted to Director of Music, leading the Band of the Royal Lancers and the Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers as well as being Chief Instructor at the Royal Military School of Music responsible for musical training of all Army musicians. His final appointment in Regular Service was as Director of Music, Grenadier Guards, achieving world class standards of excellence in this high-profile state ceremonial role. After finishing his Regular Army career, Denis served as Director of Music of The Band of The Royal Welsh as part of the Army Reserve for another 15 years. Denis’s compositions and arrangements for wind, brass and ensembles have been published across the UK and Europe, with many of his arrangements still being used on occasions such as Trooping the Colour.